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THE VOLUME LXVI NO. 6 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1975 7AL .Gameeck 01aff'tete by RussoW Jeffest South Tower: Will it f all? By WILLIAM HOFFMANN Gamecock Staff Writer It sounds like something straight out of a Hollywood disaster movie, but many people are wondering: Is South Tower sinking? This rumor has been spread over campus since the high rise women's residence hall was built in 1965 by LBC & W Ar chitects of Columbia, and is routinely denied by USC officials. "This is the oldest, wildest tale that has existed on this campus," Harold Brunton, vice-president for operations said last week. Although it creeps up a few times every year, "there's no truth to it," Brunton said. Robert A. Stewart, director of housing services, agreed and said "I don't know how it got started." There are some differing opinions at the geology depart ment, however. Some students believe that the tower was constructed on a geographical fault, that is, land having a break in its natural rock strata, making it unstable for building. Students did a project last year to find out if the tower was sinking, but did not find anything. Dr. Peter Carruccio, a USC geology professor said he heard rumors that the building had been sinking and the foundation cracking L'U. 't was reinforced with something. However, Car'uccio said that all he knew about the tower was the rumors he had heard. One student said she had heard the tower was sinking about six inches per year. The rumors keep surfacing however, and everyone seems to have a different opinion on the matter. One wonders how this rumor got started, why it continues and when it will end. Perhaps we will never know, until we look out our windows one morning and see nothing but a pile of rubble over on Bull Street. K. N. Vickery, athletic chairman a University, said I that USC is not university being in for possible memb thae Atlantic Coi ference. Athletic ofi other scho4 By ALRIC MIXSON Gamecock Staff Writer Admission to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is being sought by several schools in addition to USC, an athletic official at Clemson University said last week. K.N. Vickery, Clemson's faculty athletic chairman, said Thursday that USC is not the only university being interviewed for possible ACC membership. VICKERY DECLINED to name the other schools under consideration by the ACC. His comments were made after a recent meeting between USC officials and faculty athletic chairmen from ACC member schools in Raleigh, N.C. Although Vickery declined to name any other schools that might be under consideration, University of Virginia Faculty Athletic Chairman D. Alan Williams said, "We have been on record for a number of years as saying that we would support a move by Virginia Tech to affiliate with the ACC." ACC Commissioner Robert C. James refused comment about other universities that may be in terested in joining the conference. JAMES ALSO refused to speculate whether USC's application would be accepted. - '"The question of USC's admission could come up during our legislative meetings in February, but right now there is no way to tell," he said. John F. Willenborg, USC faculty athletic chairman, was one of three representatives from the University to attend the Raleigh meeting. Board of Trustees Chairman T. Eston Marchant and Board Secretary George Curry also attended the meetings. Probe of codir requested by S By MICKEY TRIMARCHI Gamecock Staff Writer State Sen. Edward E. Saleeby, D-Darlington, has called for an investigation into the alleged coding of files of certain Summer Pre-Admission Trial program (SPAT) students. Saleeby's complaint stems from the USC Board of Trustees' Sept. 2 decision to allow 14 SPAT students to enter Law School with a grade point ratio of 1.66 instead of a 2.00. At an Aug. 21 preliminary hoaring. I,am Sch,ol t Clemson ast week the only terviewed ership in 3st Con icial says As eye ACC "Essentially we gave the representatives from the schools present the opportunity to ask us questions," Willenborg said. IN JUNE the USC Board of Trustees authorized the administration to begin discussions on the possibility of rejoining the conference. A charter member of the ACC, USC left the conference in 1971. Willenborg said that in order to gain readmission, USC must have three sponsoring schools, including one from South Carolina. "Therefore, since Clemson is the only school from our state (in the conference) we must assume they are supporting us," Willenborg added. VICKERY WAS optimistic about USC's chances of being readmitted. He said Clemson and USC had shared similar views on issues in the past and would welcome another member school from South Carolina. Allen Kornberg, faculty athletic chairman at Duke University, was also optimistic about USC's chances. "The terms USC left the conference under were such that they wished to return. There is no irreparable damage," Kornberg said. When the University officially withdrew from the ACC, USC officials issued a statement labeling the action as only temporary. WHILE CLEMSON and Duke officials were op timistic about USC's chances, Dr. Robert S. Bryan, faculty athletic chairman at North Carolina State University, said he was not at liberty to say whether N.C. State would support USC admission. Please See ACC, Page Two ig policies ale eby professor Harry J. Haynesworth testified that "a professor insisted that the SPAT files be coded (with a W-C)," Saleeby said. TIHE W-C was defined as "wild card" and was described in a six-page statement prepared by the Law School Steering Committee on the position of the admissions policy dispute: "Another major point of dispute concerns the administrative treatment of the files of Presidential Appointees to the SPAT program. Contrary to the instructions of the De'an and unknown to the faculty.